Rosemary Coogan

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Rosemary Coogan
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Coogan in 2022
Born1991 (age 33–34)
Belfast
Alma mater University of Sussex (PhD)
University College, Durham (MPhys, MSc)
Scientific career
Institutions Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
CNES
Thesis The impact of environment on galaxy evolution : starburst and AGN activity  (2019)
Space career
ESA astronaut
Selection 2022 ESA Group

Rosemary Theresa Coogan (born 1991) is an astrophysicist and UK astronaut from Northern Ireland. [1] Her research considers galaxy evolution and space-based telescopes. She is part of ESA's European Astronaut Corps.

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Early life and education

Coogan was privately educated at Brighton & Hove High School, now Brighton Girls. [2] She was involved with military training from a young age. [3] She was trained as a petty officer with the Sea Cadets. In 2009 she joined HMS Calliope and HMS Example, where she was made an Officer cadet. [3] She was later promoted to Midshipman of the Royal Naval Reserve. [4]

Coogan studied for her undergraduate degree in Physics at Durham University (University College), graduating in 2013. [4] She remained in Durham for her master's research, where she studied gamma-ray astronomy with Paula Chadwick. [5] [6] Her research involved observations using the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope to study the 0.1 < Eγ < 300 GeV gamma-ray emission of radio quasars. Coogan also worked on data science during a work placement at Senseye. [7] She worked as a simulation support engineer to develop machine learning models to detect anomalies from robotic sensors.

Coogan moved to the University of Sussex as a doctoral researcher, studying galaxy evolution and the activity of active galactic nuclei. [8] She found that dense cluster environment increases the star formation efficiency, which she attributed to the high number of mergers, interactions and the active galactic nuclei. [8] Toward the end of her doctorate, she attempted to inform future observations by constructing mock images of survey fields for the Square Kilometre Array. [8]

Career

Coogan moved to the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics. [3] [9] In Germany, Coogan studied galaxy evolution with space-based telescopes. In 2022, Coogan was appointed to the CNES, where she works on Euclid and James Webb Space Telescope. [3]

In 2022, Coogan was selected by the European Astronaut Corps to join the 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group. [3] [10] She said that she applied to the space programme because she wanted to get "hands-on" with contributing the most that we can from space. [3] Coogan completed ESA's Basic Training curriculum at the European Astronaut Centre, and graduated on 22 April 2024 alongside her classmates from "The Hoppers" [11] group. [12]

Selected publications

References

  1. ↑ "UK astronaut Dr Rosemary Coogan aims for the stars after graduation". UK Government. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Brighton astronaut graduates from space academy". Brighton & Hove News. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Rosemary Coogan". www.esa.int. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  4. 1 2 Shannon, Lisa; Mayne, Debbie, eds. (4 August 2023). "Rosemary Coogan". Dunelm Magazine (9): 13. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  5. ↑ Coogan, Rosemary (2015). Localising the gamma-ray emission region of flaring Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars (Masters thesis). Durham University.
  6. ↑ University, Durham. "Prof Paula Chadwick - Durham University". www.durham.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "SEPnet Value of Work Experience" (PDF).
  8. 1 2 3 "The impact of environment on galaxy evolution : starburst and AGN activity | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "International Astronomical Union | IAU". www.iau.org. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  10. ↑ "NI astronomer Rosemary Coogan to join European Space Agency as a career astronaut". belfasttelegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "The Hoppers". www.esa.int. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  12. ↑ "ESA's astronaut class of 2022 graduate". www.esa.int. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
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